“Biden administration has no current plans to authorize a bird flu vaccine for humans”
By Jamie Ducharme
“When asked in an interview for TIME’s 2024 Person of the Year whether he would approve of an end to childhood vaccination programs, Trump said he would have a “big discussion” with Robert F. Kennedy Jr., the vaccine skeptic he has tapped to run the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS). “The autism rate is at a level that nobody ever believed possible,” Trump continued. “If you look at things that are happening, there’s something causing it.”
Trump did not explicitly say in the interview that vaccines cause autism, a false claim that traces back to a retracted study from the 1990s. When pressed on the issue, Trump said his administration will complete “very serious testing,” after which “we will know for sure what’s good and what’s not good.”
But merely by suggesting that there may be a connection between vaccines and autism, Trump has reaffirmed his alignment with the misinformation that has for years fueled anti-vaccine movements.”
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https://time.com/7201582/donald-trump-vaccines-fact-check-2024/
“Kennedy’s Lawyer Has Asked the F.D.A. to Revoke Approval of the Polio Vaccine”
By Christina Jewett and Sheryl Gay Stolberg
“The lawyer helping Robert F. Kennedy Jr. pick federal health officials for the incoming Trump administration has petitioned the government to revoke its approval of the polio vaccine, which for decades has protected millions of people from a virus that can cause paralysis or death.
That campaign is just one front in the war that the lawyer, Aaron Siri, is waging against vaccines of all kinds.
Mr. Siri has also filed a petition seeking to pause the distribution of 13 other vaccines; challenged, and in some cases quashed, Covid vaccine mandates around the country; sued federal agencies for the disclosure of records related to vaccine approvals; and subjected prominent vaccine scientists to grueling videotaped depositions.”
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https://www.nytimes.com/2024/12/13/health/aaron-siri-rfk-jr-vaccines.html
“Biden administration has no current plans to authorize a bird flu vaccine for humans”
By Berkeley Lovelace Jr.
“Biden administration officials said Wednesday they have no current plans to authorize a stockpiled bird flu vaccine, despite an escalating outbreak among livestock in the U.S. and at least 58 human infections across seven states.”
The move means any decisions about a bird flu vaccine will likely be left to health officials in the incoming Trump administration, who may be led by anti-vaccine activist Robert F. Kennedy Jr., whom Trump has picked to lead the Department of Health and Human Services.”
“The virus’s spread in mammals that have close contact with humans is concerning for public health experts, because it gives the bird flu many opportunities to jump to people and potentially mutate to spread effectively from person to person.”
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https://www.nbcnews.com/health/health-news/biden-administration-no-current-plans-authorize-bird-flu-vaccine-human-rcna183848
Cats in L.A. County die after drinking recalled raw milk
By Susanne Rust
https://www.latimes.com/environment/story/2024-12-12/cats-in-la-county-die-after-drinking-recalled-raw-milk
Six Childhood Scourges We’ve Forgotten About, Thanks to Vaccines
By Emily Baumgaertner
https://www.nytimes.com/2024/12/13/health/childhood-diseases-vaccines-preventable.html
McConnell blasts ‘effort to undermine’ polio vaccine linked to RFK Jr.